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kbrogden's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
A little too technical for those without a science background -should add visuals
mschumpert's review
4.0
I’m not one to typically critique or even notice the overall structure of a book, but with this one, it was glaringly obvious. There were several grammatical errors, but the writing style made it a bit hard to follow. He would frequently repeat things he already mentioned as though he hadn’t, start a storyline, drop it, and pick up another. There were so many names, and it became hard to remember who was who. You can tell it was a bit rushed through publishing.
However, I clearly gave it four stars. I am coming away so grateful to have the knowledge I learned from this book. If you can get through the scientific jargon, which in the middle of the book gets pretty heavy, this book provides incredible insight to the science of vaccines and the timeline behind the scenes as Covid emerged.
However, I clearly gave it four stars. I am coming away so grateful to have the knowledge I learned from this book. If you can get through the scientific jargon, which in the middle of the book gets pretty heavy, this book provides incredible insight to the science of vaccines and the timeline behind the scenes as Covid emerged.
baskinkrobbins's review
4.0
"For the first time in vaccine history, science didn't win. This time, so many people have rejected the science, that the virus is still winning...There had been so much hope early on, that the art of persuasion would be enough to inoculate enough people, but now that no longer seems plausible."
"Overall as a world, I'm not sure we are doing much better than we did in 1918."
If you're interested in the nitty-gritty of mRNA research, then look no further. If you're not scientifically oriented or only interested in learning about race for the vaccine starting from when the SARS-cov-2 virus genome was first sequenced, I would pick this up and only read through last few chapters and epilogue.
"Overall as a world, I'm not sure we are doing much better than we did in 1918."
If you're interested in the nitty-gritty of mRNA research, then look no further. If you're not scientifically oriented or only interested in learning about race for the vaccine starting from when the SARS-cov-2 virus genome was first sequenced, I would pick this up and only read through last few chapters and epilogue.
joabroda's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.5
It is very seldom that I finish a book that I immediately know is really not for me. However, this book had enough information in it, information I had searched for, so I plowed through it and am glad that I made the effort.
Please do not get me wrong, the book for the right audience is probably astounding. The fact is, I am a right brain person and all the science in this book boggled me. If I truly understood half of the research, I feel good about it.
The author's research was through and well worth mention here. He spends his daytime job as an award-winning investigative journalist and a little research on him had me trusting him.
As I said, for the prime left-brain audience, this is the book on Covid-19 for you. We right brain people got enough of it that we are happy,
Please do not get me wrong, the book for the right audience is probably astounding. The fact is, I am a right brain person and all the science in this book boggled me. If I truly understood half of the research, I feel good about it.
The author's research was through and well worth mention here. He spends his daytime job as an award-winning investigative journalist and a little research on him had me trusting him.
As I said, for the prime left-brain audience, this is the book on Covid-19 for you. We right brain people got enough of it that we are happy,
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